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PLACES TO VISIT 

Get out on the harbour. A working waterway, the harbour is also Sydney’s playground. Feel the wind in your sails, try pulling on the oars or taking the plunge. Or get into the harbour. Sydney Harbour also makes for interesting scuba diving and snorkelling.

Get into the bush. Sydney is a rare metropolitan centre that is surrounded by so many national parks. In fact Sydney Harbour National Park has walking trails, secluded beaches and scenic lookouts 15 minutes by ferry from the city centre.

Get out straight up – skydiving, paragliding and hang-gliding and, hey, you can’t beat the views.

Following the line of the harbour pays dividends, whether it’s taking a Royal Botanic Gardens tour with an Aboriginal guide, the Deco-style amusements of Luna Park, the thrill of climbing the bridge or just catching a ferry.

Discovering Sydney’s dark secrets Go on a ghost tour at The Rocks or see shadowy figures at the Quarantine Station at Manly.

Don’t miss

  • Sydney’s great walks – try the Bondi to Bronte and Coogee or Manly to the Spit.
  • Surfing Sydney’s beaches. You can hire boards at most beaches or have lessons at Bondi and Manly beach.
  • Scaling the Harbour Bridge.
  • White water rafting at Penrith Whitewater Stadium.
  • Migrating whales from headlands or onboard a whale watching boat.
  • A dive with the sharks at Manly’s Oceanworld.
  • Shooting across the Harbour doing your sightseeing at breathtaking speed aboard jet boats.
  • Splashdown in a seaplane. What better way to cap off an aerial tour of the waterways.
  • Fly on a trapeze at Sydney Olympic Park.
  • Kayaking on the harbour or sailing a Beneteau yacht into the sunset.
  • A wild ride on a Harley Davidson motor bike along the coast.
  • Swoon at a full-scale production – ballet, opera, drama - at the Sydney Opera House.
  • Check out the edgier fare staged at The Studio, or book yourself in for a backstage tour of Opera Australia’s Surry Hills HQ.
  • Cutting-edge drama at The Sydney Theatre in Walsh Bay or Belvoir Theatre in Surry Hills
  • Famous shows at the Lyric Theatre in the Star City Casino at Darling Harbour

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